diff --git a/querydsl-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/querydsl-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
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+### direct log messages to stdout ###
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+#log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}] (%F:%L) - %m%n
+
+### set log levels - for more verbose logging change 'info' to 'debug' ###
+
+log4j.rootLogger=WARN, stdout